2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable.

3. Important: Read this entire message as posts may be listed more than once. Changes are listed by allowance or differential rather than by post.

4. Taiwan has been included, when applicable, under arrangement with the American Institute in Taiwan.

5. The Post (Cost of Living) Allowance changes for Mozambique, Poland, and Sudan are based on Retail Price Surveys submitted by Maputo, Warsaw, and Juba, respectively. All other Post Allowance changes are based on currency exchange rate information reported to the Office of Allowances as of the first Thursday of Pay Period 26 (December 24, 2009).

6. The Education "At-Post" Allowance rate changes are based on updated information provided by posts for the current school year. The Education ?Away-From-Post? Allowance rate changes for Cuba and Greece, are based on updated assessments by the Office of Overseas Schools of the educational programs at post.

7. The reporting requirements for submission of the Post (Hardship) Differential Survey for Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, is amended effective January 3, 2010, with TL:SR-724 as follows:

FROM TO Bosnia-Herzegovina Sarajevo Jul-Even Jan-Even

8. The reporting requirement for submission of the Post (Cost of Living) Retail Price Survey for Maputo and Warsaw are amended effective January 3, 2010, with TL:SR-724 as follows:

STATE 00132603 002.2 OF 007

FROM TO Mozambique Maputo Jun-Odd Jan-Even

Poland Warsaw Mar-Even Jan-Even

Sudan Juba Dec-Even -- --

9. Effective January 3, 2010, the Post Allowance Payment Tables (DSSR 229.1) have been revised to reflect current Spendable Income. The full revised tables are available on the Office of Allowances websites.

10. Effective January 3, 2010, Wuhan, China, has been added to the list of posts where shipment of Consumables is authorized. A/LM/TTM will update 14 FAM 613.7 to reflect the addition of Wuhan to the Consumables Shipment list.

11. This information is available on the State Department internet and intranet sites. The internet site address is: (http://aoprals.state.gov ). The intranet (internal State Department network) site address is: http://aoprals.a.state.gov/.